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Sergei Esenin, Part 1
December 28, 2024
I did this post in English and Russian (scroll down for the latter.)
Today, December 28, falls on a tragic anniversary of Esenin’s suicide in the Angleterre Hotel in St. Petersburg (renamed Leningrad at the time) on December 28, 1925.
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Miketz: The Power of Dreams
December 28, 2024
Shavuah tov!
This, just completed, Shabbos I've been replaying in my mind my personal half-life long anthem, “If”, by Rudyard Kipling, specifically these lines:
“If you can dream-
and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-
and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
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Bret Stephens, The Secrets of Jewish Genius", Part 1
December 27, 2024
A Happy 3rd Day of Hanukkah!
A good Shabbos!
Today happens a 5-year anniversary of The NY Times publishing a truly remarkable, as well as hugely provocative and controversial in many peoples' minds, not in mine though, essay by Bret Stephens titled
"The Secrets of Jewish Genius", Dec. 27, 2019.
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The Secrets of Jewish Genius, Part 2
December 27, 2024
A Happy 3rd Day of Hanukkah!
A good Shabbos!
This is a sequel to my earlier post today on the occasion of the 5-year anniversary of Bret Stephens' essay "The Secrets Of Jewish Genius" in The NY Times on December 27, 2019.
What follows is a review of three other essays by the same author.
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Осип Мандельштам
27 декабря 2024
Осип Эмильевич Мандельштам.
Род. 2 (14) января 1891, Варшава
Ум. 27 декабря 1938, пересыльный пункт Дальстроя во Владивостоке.
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Вадим Козин
27 декабря 2024
Вадим Козин.
30-я годовщина смерти.
Родился 3 апреля 1903 года.
Ушёл из жизни 27 декабря 1994 года в Магадане.
Один из самых чистых лирических теноров, по признанию специалистов, кумир советской эстрады 30-х годов, голос которого поражает своей яркостью, а судьба… какая могла быть иная судьба для «яркого» в 36-38 годах?
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Fewer but better
December 26, 2024
"Fewer but better."
That's my take on the immigration debate being in full swing now in a power vacuum between the Presidents.
Hopefully, I can credibly express an opinion on the subject in my capacity as a career, registered licensed professional engineer with as long as 45 years' experience of practicing engineering only in ( Read more... ) -
Notre Dame de Paris, etc.
December 26, 2024
This year, with a Happy Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas converging on yesterday, December 25, is offering a rare opportunity for an introspection.
This post is nominally about the Notre Dame de Paris, its tragic fire in 2019 and wondrous restoration completed earlier this month.
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Trump's Merry Christmas message
December 25, 2024
Trump posted this Merry Christmas greeting earlier today at his Truth Social platform.
If you feel like condemning it as too "Trump-like", "immature", "nonsensical", "coarse", "provocative", ... - be my guest. But keep in mind that at least we know for sure it was him, the President-elect, who wrote it - not his aides, ( Read more... )
